ämme
Votic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Finnic *ämmä.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ämme
- mother-in-law
- (paternal) grandmother
- old woman
Inflection
[edit]| Declension of ämme (type VIII/päive, no gradation) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ämme | ämmed |
| genitive | ämmä | ämmije, ämmii |
| partitive | ämmä | ämmiite, ämmii |
| illative | ämmäse, ämmä | ämmiise |
| inessive | ämmez | ämmiiz |
| elative | ämmesse | ämmiisse |
| allative | ämmele | ämmiile |
| adessive | ämmelle | ämmiille |
| ablative | ämmelte | ämmiilte |
| translative | ämmessi | ämmiissi |
| *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive. | ||
References
[edit]- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ämmä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn